.\"
.\" Copyright (C) the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
.\" Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
.\"
.TH AHOST "1" "April 2011" "c-ares utilities"
.SH NAME
ahost \- print the A or AAAA record associated with a hostname or IP address
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ahost
[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIHOST\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
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.PP
Look up the DNS A or AAAA record associated with HOST (a hostname or an
IP address).
.PP
This utility comes with the \fBc\-ares\fR asynchronous resolver library.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-d\fR
Print some extra debugging output.
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-?\fR
Display this help and exit.
.TP
\fB\-t\fR type
If type is "a", print the A record.
If type is "aaaa", print the AAAA record.
If type is "u", look for both AAAA and A records (default).
.TP
\fB\-s\fR server
Set the server list to use for DNS lookups.
.TP
\fB\-D\fR \fIdomain\fP
Specify the \fIdomain\fP to search instead of using the default values from
.br
/etc/resolv.conf. This option only has an effect on platforms that use
.br
/etc/resolv.conf
for DNS configuration; it has no effect on other platforms (such as Win32
or Android).

.SH RETURN VALUES
.TP
\fB0\fR
Success
.TP
\fB1\fR
Internal System Error
.TP
\fB2\fR
Command line misuse
.TP
\fB3\fR
At least one DNS query failed
.TP

.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to the c-ares mailing list:
.br
\fBhttps://lists.haxx.se/listinfo/c-ares\fR
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
adig(1)
